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Pad70
Tutor
Mar 24, 2019

RAX80 wired connection slow - reposted from general router

Nighthawk RAX80 replaced a Nighthawk R8500.   Cable modem is the CM1000.   Provider is Cox gigablast at 1 gb/s down and 35 mb/s up.  Setup is plain vanilla with no QOS.   Internal speedtest measu...
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mike466
Aspirant
Sep 06, 2019

which orbi did u get? model number? i have the same problem

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Follow up - I decided to return the RAX80.   I don't have enough time to be a beta ( or alpha? ) test particpant.   I configured an Orbi in place of the RAX80 and tested the Orbi at 950 mb/s down ( wired ) vs 470 mb/s down ( wired )  for the RAX80.   Clearly the RAX80 internal gigabit switch has issues which should have been caught before first customer ship.